House guests, house pests : a natural history of animals in the home
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- ISBN: 9781472906236
- ISBN: 1472906233
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288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - Publisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-282) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Preface: My house is my home - it's their home too, though, apparently -- Introduction : Our first big mistake was coming down out of the trees -- The attractions of home : shelter, food and respite : it's the formula for success -- Shelter : stored supplies, in the warehouse, the cellar, the larder and the pantry -- Making a mess everywhere : maggots, dirt, filth and droppings everywhere -- Eating us out of house and home : warehouse, larder and pantry -- Eating the house and the home : woodworm, clothes moths and carpet beetles - the end of civilisation as we know it -- They're after us : bloodsuckers -- Hangers on : forgotten friends, casual visitors and a rag-tag of other uninvited callers -- To live and let live? Or squish 'em? : how to deal with your own visitors -- Appendix: Rogues gallery and identification guide. |
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